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transearthing

transearthing is the present participle and gerund of transearth.

Meaning of transearth

Verb

transearth (third-person singular simple present transearths, present participle transearthing, simple past and past participle transearthed)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To transplant
    • As fruits of hotter countries, transearthed in colder climates, have vigour enough in themselves to be fructuous according to their nature: but, that they are hindered by the chilling nips of the air, and the soil, wherein they are planted.1904, Owen Felltham, William Henry Oliphant Smeaton, Resolves

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Questions about transearthing

What is transearthing the present participle and gerund of?
Transearthing is the present participle and gerund of transearth.

Words near transearthing in the dictionary

  1. transdural
  2. transdurally
  3. transe
  4. transearth
  5. transearthed
  6. transearthing
  7. transearths
  8. transect
  9. transected
  10. transecting
  11. transection

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Adapted from Wiktionary: transearthing (page history and authors); transearth (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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